廣東管樂演奏家梁秋，一九○七年八月十五日出生於廣東省南海縣佛山市一個小商之家，一九八二年五月十九日病逝於廣州，享年七十五歲。梁氏少時即好音樂，在父兄的音樂薰陶下，耳濡目染，又於家鄉的「八音班」及戲台表演中仿習，自學而成，十四歲開始入大民國、鈞天樂、新春秋、孔雀屏等劇團，任「棚面上手」（伴奏樂隊之領奏員）。梁氏長於廣東喉管（短管），有「喉管秋」，之美稱，亦善嗩呐與簫，他那支喉管受人氣手氣滋潤了幾十年，雖然有些地方己被蟲蛀，但音色始終如一，並經得起嚴寒酷暑的考驗。三十年代初，曾為新月唱片公司錄製過一批粵樂與粵曲唱片。一九四六年，梁氏隨鳳凰劇團在小呂宋演出，首次將粵樂的傳統吹管樂器向海外介紹。一九五三年作為中國代表團成員之一，參加了在羅馬尼亞舉行的世界青年聯歡節的音樂比賽獲得四等獎。一九五九年，廣東民間音樂團在莫斯科演出，梁秋以喉管獨奏《下漁舟》，小小竹管發出渾厚洪亮的聲音，全場觀眾為之轟動。
LIANG Qiu
Liang Qiu was born on August 15, 1907 in Foshan, Guangdng province and passed away of illness at the age of seventy-five on May 19, 1982 in Guangzhou. Since he was a child, he was fond of music. Influenced by his father, brothers and the native ensembles, he learned the traditional music by himself. At the age of fourteen, he had been the music leader of many famous operatic groups. He was good at playing the Guangdong houguan and was called “Houguan Qiu”. He had a very good instrument which performed by him for a long time. Although there were worm pest in some place, it still had a good quality of sound. He was also good at playing the suona and xiao. At early 1930s, he had recorded many gramophone records in Cantonese music and songs with the New Moon Record Company. In 1946, he firstly introduced his wind instruments to the overseas audiences by going along with the operatic group to perform in Manila. In 1953, he was selected to represent China to participate in the World Youth Festival in Romania and won a prize. In 1959, as a member of the Guangdong Folk Music Group, he performed the solo houguan piece Xia Yuchou in Moscow and was well received by the audiences.